Example sentences for: duty

How can you use “duty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The duty officer replied that security personnel at headquarters had just begun discussing the apparent hijack on a conference call with the New England regional office.

  • overtime, (5) compensatory time earned and used, (6) credit hours earned and used under an alternative work schedule, and (7) number of unscheduled duty hours.

  • On the one hand, Pepys's English may seem slightly stilted or Biblical by modern standards, with frequent absolute constructions and the use of do as an auxiliary for affirmative verbs where no emphasis is intended, as, for example, in his entry for August 31, 1662, where he thanks “Almighty God, who doth most manifestly bless me in my endeavors to do the duty of my office--I now saving money, and my expenses being very little.”

  • "I'm a conservative," Nussle said, apropos of the issue of child-support enforcement, "and when I hear people talk about states' rights, I say, 'Hold it, guys, there is a duty here for the federal government.

  • Outpost duty was decidedly unpopular with the legionnaires, but the Roman army finally prevailed.


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